stuck!

Two weeks really isn't that long to worry about. If it continues on, then you'll want to reevaluate your logging to see where you can clean up (logging everything, using a food scale, not eating back all your exercise calories).

anitaclary wrote: »

Does anyone have advise on getting a kick start once you get stuck? I lost 9 lbs in less than two months and got stuck there for the last two weeks.

christinev297 wrote: »

atypicalsmith wrote: »

anitaclary wrote: »

Thank you for the suggestions. I will follow them. Exercise is a problem due to health problems. I am on a 1200 cal diet but try for 1000. When I don't eat enough to get 1000, I compensate with snacks. I usually eat two meals a day and then have late night snacks if I need to eat more. Of course spring break I had company and went over for about 4 days but not over weight maintenance. And of course, I stay pretty busy with kids visiting, which should compensate some. I am just wondering if cutting back to maybe 600 cal or so for a couple of days would help, or perhaps staying just with fruits and vegetable. I just don't know much.

Why are health problems a hindrance to exercise, but not to having company and staying busy with kids? Just curious.

Cutting back 600 calories from 1200? No!

And rabbitjb, I see the phrase "weight loss is not linear" all the time. What does it mean?

It means that our weight fluctuates up and down. We won't lose exactly 2.65lbs or whatever each and every week. If we did that would make weight loss linear.
you often see posts on here saying "I lost 2lbs every week for 3 weeks, but nothing the last couple weeks"? Weight loss just isn't that predictable, or linear

Change things up a bit, including your food. You don't really nneed to exercise if you are hitting a target of 10,000 steps a day ☺

anitaclary wrote: »

Thank you for the suggestions. I will follow them. Exercise is a problem due to health problems. I am on a 1200 cal diet but try for 1000. When I don't eat enough to get 1000, I compensate with snacks. I usually eat two meals a day and then have late night snacks if I need to eat more. Of course spring break I had company and went over for about 4 days but not over weight maintenance. And of course, I stay pretty busy with kids visiting, which should compensate some. I am just wondering if cutting back to maybe 600 cal or so for a couple of days would help, or perhaps staying just with fruits and vegetable. I just don't know much.

You should be on an absolute min of 1200 i give your body enough nutrition, unless you are doing a vlcd under medical supervision. Eat what your body needs and is safe and healthy to do so. Only eat less if you want to starve your body of nutrition and you want to go about with an unhealthy approach, which could also lead to a binge or you quitting because its too aggressive.

As they all pointed out 2 weeks isnt enough and you also need to manage your expectations about your rate and regularity of loss when you get it started again. Be patient and keep doing the right things. You dont say how restrictive your health is, but exercise can be gentle, such as walking or even some swimming. There will be plenty of options for older people and limited mobility. Exercise in water is often good because it supports your body weight.